Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Jan 2024)

Prepectoral and Retropectoral Breast-implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma

  • Gonzalo Ziegler-Rodriguez, MD, FACS,
  • Milko Garces-Ruiz,
  • Gabriel De La Cruz-Ku, MD,
  • Otto Ziegler-Rodriguez, MD, FACS,
  • Otto Ziegler-Gutierrez, MD, FACS,
  • Milko Garces-Castre, MD,
  • Jaime Montes-Gil, MD,
  • Jimena Neira, MD,
  • Luis Taxa-Rojas, MD,
  • Rosa Cebrian, MD,
  • Abhishek Chatterjee, MD, FACS

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005520
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
p. e5520

Abstract

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Summary:. Breast-implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises in the space between the surface of a breast implant and the fibrous capsule that grows around the implant. Since its first description 20 years ago, almost 1000 cases of BIA-ALCL have been diagnosed worldwide. Nowadays, guidelines describe the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of this disease. We present the first two cases diagnosed and treated in Peru, demonstrating a wide range of aggressiveness of BIA-ALCL.